COVID-19 clusters in Australia

Main article: COVID-19 pandemic in Australia

The following table outlines the COVID-19 clusters detected in Australia from the start of the pandemic until 5 November 2021, when Australia entered the consolidation phase of its COVID-19 transition plan by reaching an 80 percent vaccination target of the eligible Australian population.^[1][2] COVID-19 clusters are cases that are known to be related by close contacts. A single cluster may have cases in multiple locations. Some smaller clusters are known to be linked to larger clusters. A cluster may be investigated for days before being announced for the first time. The table may include clusters that originated after 5 November 2021, however, these are a narrow rather than a near-exhaustive subset of the total clusters in the Australian community.

The table uses a combination of reporting from official state and territory government publications as well as media sources where appropriate. Reporting from state and territory governments has varied depending on the severity of outbreaks, as larger periods of community transmission make it less practical to provide details on every outbreak. The Victorian Government did not report breakdowns of individual clusters on 10 July 2020 due to widespread community transmission becoming entrenched in the Melbourne metropolitan area.^[3] On 8 September 2020, the Victoria Government published numbers relating to all aged care clusters. The NSW Government significantly scaled down reporting of individual clusters on 10 July 2021 due to the widespread community transmission in the Sydney metropolitan area.^[4] Additionally, the Victorian government scaled down their daily reporting on individual clusters on 21 August 2021; as a result the highest concurrent active case numbers may be cited for some clusters in the absence of complete case numbers.^[5][6]

Furthermore, apart from instances that a cluster has particular notoriety, the table does not regularly report on clusters originating from jurisdictions once their government abandoned a COVID-zero target, as clusters became too numerous and their reporting became significantly less comprehensive. This occurred in New South Wales in mid-August 2021 and in Victoria on 1 September 2021.^[7][8][9] On 14 September 2021, while not officially abandoning a COVID-zero target, the ACT government conceded it was unlikely that COVID-19 would be eliminated from the territory.^[10]

COVID-19 clusters in Australia

Cluster	Location	State / Territory	Cases in cluster	From date	As at date	Details
Flemington public housing apartments	Flemington	Victoria	310[a]	4 July 2020[11]	3 August 2020[12]
North Melbourne public housing outbreak	North Melbourne	Victoria		3 July 2020[13]
Baptcare Wyndham Lodge	Werribee	Victoria	301	22 July 2020[14]	10 October 2020[15]	30 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Bondi cluster	Bondi	New South Wales	285[b]	19 June 2021[16]	9 July 2021[17]
St Basil's Homes for the Aged	Fawkner	Victoria	250	15 July 2020[18]	26 September 2020[15]	45 deaths have been associated with this cluster.[19]
Epping Gardens Aged Care	Epping	Victoria	240	21 July 2020[20]	18 October 2020[15]	38 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Bertocchi Smallgoods	Thomastown	Victoria	211	23 July 2020[21]	23 August 2020[22]
Al-Taqwa College, first outbreak	Truganina	Victoria	210	29 June 2020[23]	18 August 2020[24]
The Argyle House	Newcastle	New South Wales	200	8 December 2021[25]	14 December 2021[25]
Estia Health Aged Care, Ardeer	Ardeer	Victoria	197	14 July 2020[26]	26 September 2020[15]	17 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Somerville Meats Retail Services	Tottenham	Victoria	167	11 July 2020[27]	20 August 2020[28]
Royal Melbourne Hospital, first outbreak	Parkville	Victoria	164	21 June 2020[29]	31 August 2020[30]
1st JBS abattoir outbreak	Brooklyn	Victoria	160	6 July 2020[31]	29 August 2020[32]
Kirkbrae Presbyterian Homes	Kilsyth	Victoria	156	22 July 2020[14]	4 October 2020[15]	21 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Avalon cluster	Avalon Beach	New South Wales	151	16 December 2020[33]	11 January 2021[34]
BlueCross Ruckers Hill Aged Care Facility	Northcote	Victoria	147	5 September 2020[35]	25 September 2020[36]	12 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Indooroopilly State High School outbreak	Indooroopilly	Queensland	146	31 July 2021[37]	24 August 2021[38]	Additional case reported in the media.[39]
Shepparton Community Cluster	Shepparton	Victoria	143[c]	21 August 2021[5]	3 September 2021[40]	Includes the Royal Melbourne Hospital, second outbreak.[40] Additional cases reported in daily updates.[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]
Twin Parks Aged Care Centre	Reservoir	Victoria	141	1 August 2020[51]	24 September 2020[52]	22 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Outlook Gardens Aged Care	Dandenong North	Victoria	137	24 July 2020[53]	16 September 2020[15]	13 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Cumberland Manor Aged Care Facility	Sunshine North	Victoria	132	17 August 2020[54]	13 September 2020[55]	11 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Al-Taqwa College, second outbreak	Truganina	Victoria	132[d]	4 August 2021[56]	21 August 2021[57]
Japara Goonawarra Aged Care Facility	Sunbury	Victoria	130	16 August 2020[58]	19 October 2020[15]	20 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
North West Regional Hospital (NWRH) and the North West Private Hospital (NWPH)	Burnie	Tasmania	127	27 March 2020	30 April 2020	Probably originating from two patients from the Ruby Princess cruise ship.[59][60][61][62]
Estia Health Aged Care, Heidelberg	Heidelberg	Victoria	127	18 July 2020[63]	25 October 2020[15]	10 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
MyCentre Childcare	Broadmeadows	Victoria	127[d]	20 August 2021[64]	3 September 2021[41]
Kalyna Care Aged Care, Delahey	Delahey	Victoria	126	8 September 2020[15]	1 November 2020[15]	26 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Mecwacare John Atchison Centre	Hoppers Crossing	Victoria	118	17 July 2020[65]	14 September 2020[15]	19 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Thai Rock Restaurant, Wetherill Park	Wetherill Park	New South Wales	116	17 July 2020[66]	12 August 2020[67]	Includes at least 11 cases associated with Our Lady of Lebanon Church. This is currently not linked to the cluster at another Thai Rock restaurant in Potts Point.
Mercy Place Aged Care, Parkville	Parkville	Victoria	115	8 September 2020[15]	19 October 2020[15]	22 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Aurrum Aged Care, Plenty	Plenty	Victoria	113	17 July 2020[68]	14 September 2020[15]	13 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Glendale Aged Care Facility	Werribee	Victoria	113	8 July 2020[69]	19 October 2020[15]	17 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Doutta Galla Aged Care, Yarraville	Yarraville	Victoria	113	8 September 2020[15]	4 October 2020[15]	17 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Arcare Aged Care, Craigieburn	Craigieburn	Victoria	112	13 July 2020[70][71]	5 November 2020[15]	16 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Cedar Meats meatworks	Brooklyn	Victoria	111	2 May 2020[72]	22 May 2020[73]	[74]
CraigCare Aged Care Facility	Pascoe Vale	Victoria	111	26 July 2020[75]	26 September 2020[15]	16 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
BlueCross The Boulevard	Mill Park	Victoria	101	8 September 2020[15]	19 October 2020[15]	14 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
The Metro Theatre	Sydney	New South Wales	97	16 December 2021[76]	16 December 2021[76]
Menarock Life Aged Care Rosehill	Highett	Victoria	96	8 September 2020[15]	15 September 2020[15]	17 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Bupa Aged Care, Edithvale	Edithvale	Victoria	94	8 September 2020[15]	4 October 2020[15]	18 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Princeton View Aged Care	Brighton East	Victoria	94	8 September 2020[15]	27 September 2020[15]	9 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
City of Hobsons Bay outbreak	City of Hobsons Bay	Victoria	93[d]	5 August 2021[57]	30 August 2021[77]	This cluster was originally the parent cluster of the Al-Taqwa College second outbreak; the CS Square cluster in Caroline Springs and the Newport Football Club outbreak, which began being classified as their own separate clusters from 8 August.[78][79] The cluster still encompasses among other outbreaks, the Newport community cluster.
Embracia Aged Care, Moonee Valley	Avondale Heights	Victoria	91	15 July 2020[18]	19 October 2020[15]	9 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Frankston Hospital, Peninsula Health	Frankston	Victoria	90	24 August 2020[80]	13 September 2020[55]
Royal Freemasons Gregory Lodge	Flemington	Victoria	89	8 September 2020[15]	15 September 2020[15]	15 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Australian Lamb Company	Colac	Victoria	88	19 July 2020[81]	28 August 2020[82]
Sutton Park McKenzie Aged Care, Melton South	Melton South	Victoria	87	8 September 2020[15]	23 September 2020[15]	7 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Regis Aged Care, Brighton	Brighton	Victoria	86	24 July 2020[53]	14 September 2020[15]	11 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Japara Elanora Aged Care	Brighton	Victoria	83	8 September 2020[15]	19 October 2020[15]	12 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Glenlyn Aged Care Facility	Glenroy	Victoria	77	8 September 2020[15]	14 September 2020[15]	4 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Multiple funeral and church services	Bankstown Fairfield East Rookwood Mount Pritchard	New South Wales	76	24 July 2020[83]	22 August 2020[84]	Linked to a woman who attended five different funeral and church services in these suburbs between 16 and 19 July. This includes at least 15 cases associated with the Mounties Club in Mount Pritchard.
St Georges Benetas Organisation Aged Care Facility	Altona Meadows	Victoria	76	8 September 2020[15]	19 October 2020[15]	12 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Jewish Care Hannah and Daryl Cohen Centre Windsor Aged Care Facility	Windsor	Victoria	75	8 September 2020[15]	23 September 2020[15]	2 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Parklea Correctional Centre	Parklea	New South Wales	75	18 August 2021[85]	31 August 2021[85]
Grace Of Mary Greek Cypriot Elderly Hostel	Epping	Victoria	72	8 September 2020[15]	21 September 2020[15]	12 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Anglicare Newmarch House	Kingswood	New South Wales	71	11 April 2020	19 May 2020	34 staff and 37 residents infected as at 19 May 2020. 19 residents died.[86][87]
Doutta Galla Aged Care, Footscray	Footscray	Victoria	71	8 September 2020[15]	14 September 2020[15]	9 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Sydney CBD cluster	Sydney	New South Wales	69	26 August 2020[88]	11 September 2020[89]	First reported case at the City Tattersalls Club gym
Menarock Life Aged Care, Essendon	Essendon	Victoria	69	9 July 2020[90]	8 September 2020[15]	7 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Carlton public housing towers	Carlton	Victoria	68	12 July 2020[91]	4 August 2020[92]
Opal South Valley, Highton	Highton	Victoria	65	8 September 2020[15]	18 September 2020[15]	8 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Linfox Distribution Centre / Warehouse	Truganina	Victoria	65	12 July 2020[91]	21 August 2020[93]
Arcare Aged Care, Sydenham	Sydenham	Victoria	65	8 September 2020[15]	28 September 2020[15]	6 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Woolworths Distribution Centre	Mulgrave	Victoria	64	18 July 2020[63]	18 August 2020[24]
Vawdrey Australia	Dandenong South	Victoria	64	23 August 2020[22]	16 September 2020[94]
Doutta Galla Aged Service Woornack	Sunshine	Victoria	64	8 September 2020[15]	27 September 2020[15]	8 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
BlueCross Autumdale	Cheltenham	Victoria	60	8 September 2020[15]	14 September 2020[15]	13 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Crossroads Hotel	Casula	New South Wales	58	10 July 2020[95]	2 August 2020[96]
Golden Farms Poultry	Breakwater	Victoria	55	31 July 2020[97]	21 August 2020[93]
Estia Health Aged Care, Keilor second outbreak	Keilor	Victoria	55	15 September 2020[15]	28 October 2020[15]	6 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Japara Central Park Aged Care	Windsor	Victoria	53	13 July 2020[98]	23 September 2020[15]	3 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Glenroy West Primary School	Glenroy	Victoria	53[d]	12 August 2021[99]	25 August 2021[100]
Meriton Suites party	Waterloo	New South Wales	50	26 June 2021[101]	12 July 2021[102]
Ms. Frankie Restaurant cluster	Cremorne	Victoria	50	18 July 2021[103]	1 August 2021[104]	Additional cases reported in daily updates.[105][106][107][108][109][110][111]
City of Wyndham community cluster	City of Wyndham	Victoria	49[d]	28 August 2021[44]	1 September 2021[44]
Brisbane Youth Detention Centre	Wacol	Queensland	48	22 August 2020[112]	12 September 2020[113]	This includes at least 18 cases linked to the Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) Academy also in Wacol and at least 7 cases linked to the Ipswich Hospital.
Florence Aged Care Facility, Altona North	Altona North	Victoria	48	8 September 2020[15]	14 September 2020[15]	8 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Japara Millward Residential Aged Care	Doncaster East	Victoria	48	8 September 2020[15]	19 October 2020[15]	4 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Nino Early Learning Adventures	Bundoora	Victoria	46	30 July 2020[114]	19 August 2020[115]
Casey community outbreak	City of Casey	Victoria	45	17 September 2020[116]	30 September 2020[117]
Japara the Regent Aged Care Home	Mount Waverley	Victoria	45	8 September 2020[15]	21 September 2020[15]	3 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
West Hoxton birthday party	West Hoxton	New South Wales	45	23 June 2021[118]	5 July 2021[119]
Catholic Regional College	Sydenham	Victoria	44	25 July 2020[120]	18 August 2020[24]
Opal Hobsons Bay	Altona North	Victoria	44	14 September 2020[15]	30 October 2020[15]	9 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Stamford Plaza Hotel	Little Collins Street, Melbourne	Victoria	43	17 June 2020[121]	8 July 2020[69]	Hotel was used to quarantine overseas travellers, however, the outbreak is connected to the security staff, not those quarantined.
Clever Kids Childcare	Ashburton	Victoria	43	18 July 2020[63]	20 August 2020[28]
Lyneham High School	Lyneham	Australian Capital Territory	41	9 August 2021[122]	26 August 2021[123]
North Metro Region community	Northern Melbourne suburbs	Victoria	42	19 October 2020[124]	29 October 2020[125]
CS Square Shopping Centre	Caroline Springs	Victoria	41[e]	7 August 2021[78]	27 August 2021[79]	Additional cases reported in daily updates.[126][127][128][99][129][100][130][131][132][133][134][43]
Two separate clusters including Lyndoch Hill winery	Barossa Valley	South Australia	40	14 March 2020	9 April 2020	[135][136]
Hazeldean Transition Care, Western Health	Williamstown	Victoria	40	30 July 2020[114]	29 August 2020[32]
BlueCross Westgarth	Northcote	Victoria	40	8 September 2020[15]	18 September 2020[15]	6 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Norwood cluster	Norwood	South Australia	40	27 November 2021[137]	15 December 2021[138]
Village Glen Aged Care Residences, Mornington	Mornington	Victoria	39	8 September 2020[15]	8 September 2020[15]	5 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Chadstone Shopping Centre	Chadstone	Victoria	39	1 October 2020[139]	20 October 2020[140]	First case linked to The Butcher Club.
Thai Rock Restaurant, Potts Point	Potts Point	New South Wales	38	26 July 2020[141]	23 August 2020[142]	This includes at least 29 cases that are linked to the Apollo Restaurant. This is currently not linked to the cluster at another Thai Rock restaurant in Wetherill Park.
Hazeldene's Chicken Farm	Bendigo	Victoria	37	9 August 2020[143]	21 August 2020[93]
Liverpool Hospital second outbreak	Liverpool	New South Wales	36[f]	26 July 2021[144]	10 August 2021[145]	Eleven deaths have been associated with this cluster.[146]
Fitzroy St Precinct, St Kilda	St Kilda	Victoria	36	18 August 2021[132]	24 August 2021[40]
Werribee Mercy Hospital	Werribee	Victoria	35	8 August 2020[147]	23 August 2020[22]
Ausfresh	Broadmeadows	Victoria	35	1 August 2020[51]	23 August 2020[22]
"Boogie Wonderland" party at the Bucket List and "Kode" party at Club 77	Bondi	New South Wales	34	15 March 2020	15 April 2020	[148]
Inghams	Thomastown	Victoria	34	4 August 2020[92]	19 August 2020[115]
Southern Cross Basketball Stadium	Tuggeranong	Australian Capital Territory	34	11 August 2021[149]	26 August 2021[123]
Adelaide Airport baggage handling area	Adelaide Airport	South Australia	33	17 March 2020	9 April 2020	[136]
Respite Services Australia	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	33	24 July 2020[53]	8 August 2020[147]
Diamond Valley Pork	Laverton North	Victoria	33	26 July 2020[75]	25 August 2020[150]
Estia Health Aged Care, Keysborough	Keysborough	Victoria	33	8 September 2020[15]	19 September 2020[15]	3 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Parafield cluster	Parafield Gardens	South Australia	33	15 November 2020[151]	28 November 2020[152]
Fiction Nightclub	Canberra	Australian Capital Territory	33	7 August 2021[153]	26 August 2021[123]
LaManna Supermarket	Essendon Fields	Victoria	32	12 July 2020[91]	2 August 2020[154]
City of Whittlesea community outbreak	City of Whittlesea	Victoria	32	24 May 2021[155]	8 June 2021[156]
Port Melbourne workplace outbreak	Port Melbourne	Victoria	32	27 May 2021[157]	9 June 2021[158]
Woolworths Millers Junction	Altona North	Victoria	32[d]	29 August 2021[45]	3 September 2021[45]
Stanwell Tops wedding	Wollongong	New South Wales	31	16 March 2020[159]	19 March 2020[160]
Brunswick Private Hospital	Brunswick	Victoria	31	8 July 2020[69]	16 August 2020[58]
Northern Hospital	Epping	Victoria	31	3 July 2020[13]	17 August 2020[54]
Trinity Grammar outbreak	Kew	Victoria	31	18 July 2021[103]	30 July 2021[104]	Additional cases reported in daily updates.[105][107][108][109][110][161]
St Vincent's Hospital	Fitzroy	Victoria	30	17 July 2020[68]	3 August 2020[12]
Bingo Recycling	West Melbourne	Victoria	30	25 July 2020[120]	17 August 2020[54]
Coles distribution centre	Laverton	Victoria	28	23 June 2020[162]	21 August 2020[93]
BWS liquor cluster	Berala	New South Wales	28	2 January 2021[163]	13 January 2021[164]
Lyfe Café	Bondi Beach	New South Wales	28	30 June 2021[165]	2 July 2021[166]
Black Rock restaurant outbreak	Black Rock	Victoria	27	1 January 2021[167]	5 January 2021[168]	Also known as the Mitcham and Mentone communities outbreak. Believed to have originated from the Avalon cluster in NSW.
Great Ocean Foods	Marrickville	New South Wales	27	26 June 2021[169]	4 July 2021[170]
Melbourne CBD/Carlton/North Melbourne cluster	City of Melbourne	Victoria	27	24 August 2021[40]	24 August 2021[40]
Multiplex Premier Tower construction site	Melbourne	Victoria	26	10 August 2020[171]	11 August 2020[172]
Tangara School for Girls	Cherrybrook	New South Wales	26	9 August 2020[173]	22 August 2020[84]
Rose of Sharon Childcare	Blacktown	New South Wales	25	30 March 2020[174]	4 April 2020[175]
Mercy Place Aged Care, Dandenong	Dandenong	Victoria	25	8 September 2020[15]	8 September 2020[15]	3 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Oran Park community cluster	Oran Park	New South Wales	25	17 October 2020[176]	27 October 2020[177]
Portuguese Family Centre cluster	Ellen Grove	Queensland	25	20 June 2021[178]	8 July 2021[179]	Includes the downstream Greek Orthodox Community Centre cluster.[179] Two further cases, reported on 8 July, were close contacts of a case from the Greek Orthodox Community Centre cluster.[180]
Churches of Christ Care Arcadia Aged Care	Essendon	Victoria	24	8 September 2020[15]	23 September 2020[15]	4 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport outbreak	Melbourne Airport	Victoria	24	10 February 2021[181]	26 February 2021[182]
Bupa Aged Care, Traralgon	Traralgon	Victoria	23	8 September 2020[15]	14 September 2020[15]	2 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Edenvale Manor Aged Care Facility	Keilor East	Victoria	23	14 September 2020[15]	30 September 2020[117]	4 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Baptcare Brookview Community	Westmeadows	Victoria	23	8 September 2020[15]	19 October 2020[15]	1 death has been associated with this cluster.
AAMI Park cluster	Melbourne	Victoria	23	18 July 2021[103]	2 August 2021[104]	Additional cases reported in daily updates.[105][106][107][109][111][183]
Modbury cluster	Modbury	South Australia	22	19 July 2021[184]	4 August 2021[185]
Dorothy Henderson Lodge	Macquarie Park	New South Wales	21	24 February 2020	15 April 2020
Jayco	Dandenong South	Victoria	21	8 August 2020[147]	15 August 2020[186]
Austin Hospital	Heidelberg	Victoria	21	16 August 2020[58]	16 August 2020[58]
Concord Repatriation General Hospital and Liverpool Hospital (first outbreak)	Concord Liverpool	New South Wales	21	7 September 2020[187]	17 September 2020[188]	First case reported in a health care worker who worked shifts at both hospitals whilst infectious.
Villa Maria Catholic Homes St Bernadette's	Sunshine North	Victoria	21	8 September 2020[15]	18 September 2020[15]	3 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
Newport football club outbreak	Newport	Victoria	21[d]	7 August 2021[78]	21 August 2021[126]
Regents Park Christian School	Regents Park	New South Wales	21	3 December 2021[189]	8 December 2021[190]	Also linked to the Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym in Villawood, St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School in Regents Park, and one case in the ACT.[191]
Footscray Hospital	Footscray	Victoria	20	15 September 2020[192]	26 September 2020[193]
Al Kuwait live export ship	Fremantle Port	Western Australia	20	25 May 2020	29 May 2020	[194][195]
Bulla Dairy Foods	Colac	Victoria	20	6 September 2020[196]	13 September 2020[55]
Wyoming Residential Aged Care Facility	Summer Hill	New South Wales	20	29 July 2021[197]	3 August 2021[197]	Four deaths associated with this cluster.[198]
St Kilda East community outbreak	St Kilda	Victoria	20[d]	16 August 2021[131]	28 August 2021[199]
Royal Melbourne Hospital, second outbreak	Parkville	Victoria	20[d]	23 August 2021[77]	1 September 2021[77]
Church meeting	Ryde	New South Wales	19	8 March 2020	15 April 2020
Serco, Mill Park	Mill Park	Victoria	19	18 July 2020[63]	2 August 2020[154]
St Vincent's Private Hospital Melbourne	Unspecified	Victoria	19	3 September 2020[200]	3 September 2020[200]
The Granites gold mine	Tanami Desert	Northern Territory	19	25 June 2021[201]	8 July 2021[202]	Nineteen cases include 17 cases recorded up to 3 July.[203]
Bacchus Marsh Grammar School	Maddingley	Victoria	19	15 July 2021[204]	30 July 2021[104]	Additional cases reported in daily updates.[105][106][107][108][205][161]
City of Hume outbreak	City of Hume	Victoria	19	15 July 2021[204]	3 August 2021[104]	Also known as the Coolaroo cluster.[206] Additional cases reported in daily updates.[105][108][109][207]
Dowell Windows	Bayswater	Victoria	18	31 July 2020[97]	1 August 2020[51]
Caroline Chisholm Catholic College	Braybrook	Victoria	18	12 August 2020[208]	12 August 2020[208]
St Pauls Catholic College	Greystanes	New South Wales	18	1 September 2020[209]	13 September 2020[210]
Dandenong Police Station	Dandenong	Victoria	18	7 September 2020[211]	23 September 2020[212]
Bupa Aged Care, Templestowe	Templestowe	Victoria	18	8 September 2020[15]	14 September 2020[15]	2 deaths have been associated with this cluster.
The Sails Restaurant	Noosa Heads	Queensland	17	14 March 2020	26 March 2020	[213]
Wollert outbreak	Wollert	Victoria	17	24 June 2020[214]	4 July 2020[11]	This cluster was first detected at St Monica's College, Epping.
Docklands Studios Melbourne	Docklands	Victoria	17	25 August 2020[150]	26 August 2020[215]
Patricia Oldendorff vessel	Port of Port Hedland	Western Australia	17	26 September 2020[216]	29 September 2020[217]
A2Z Medical Clinic	Lakemba	New South Wales	17	13 October 2020[218]	28 October 2020[219]
Rydges on Swanston	Swanston Street, Carlton	Victoria	16	27 May 2020[220]	13 June 2020[221]	This is one of the hotels in which overseas travellers are quarantined. This outbreak is connected to the security staff, not those quarantined. On 6 June, a man who was a close contact of this cluster was announced as a new case in Queensland,[222] having travelled to Brisbane on 1 June, then to Bundaberg on 2 June.[223]
The Alfred Hospital first outbreak	Melbourne	Victoria	16	6 July 2020[31]	16 July 2020[224]
St Joseph's Primary School	Quarry Hill, Bendigo	Victoria	16	11 August 2020[172]	11 August 2020[172]
Wydinia Kindergarten	Colac	Victoria	16	12 September 2020[225]	16 September 2020[94]
Young & Jackson Hotel	Melbourne	Victoria	16	16 July 2021[226]	3 August 2021[104]	Additional cases reported in daily updates.[105][106][107][108][109][110][111][207]
Maroubra gathering	Maroubra	New South Wales	16	21 August 2021[227]	21 August 2021[227]
Albanvale Primary School	Albanvale	Victoria	15	20 June 2020[228]	3 July 2020[13]
Box Hill Hospital second outbreak	Box Hill	Victoria	15	8 October 2020[229]	23 October 2020[230]
North Melbourne Primary School outbreak / West Melbourne outbreak	North Melbourne West Melbourne	Victoria	15	3 June 2021[231]	8 June 2021[156]
Lennock Car Dealership	Philip	Australian Capital Territory	15	17 August 2021[232]	26 August 2021[123]
Bondi Hardware Restaurant	Bondi	New South Wales	14	15 March 2020	15 April 2020	[148]
Arcare Aged Care, Maidstone first outbreak	Maidstone	Victoria	14	14 September 2020[15]	19 October 2020[15]
Joh Bailey Hair Salon	Double Bay	New South Wales	14	24 June 2021[233]	2 July 2021[166]
MCG Melbourne Cricket Club Members' Reserve	East Melbourne	Victoria	14	15 July 2021[204]	22 July 2021[104]
Assembly Bar	Braddon	Australian Capital Territory	14	8 August 2021[153]	26 August 2021[123]
Sunnybank cluster	Sunnybank	Queensland	14	11 September 2021[234]	25 September 2021[235]	Additional cases reported in the media.[236][237][238]
McDonald's, Fawkner	Fawkner	Victoria	13	9 May 2020[239]	7 June 2020[240]	On 7 June, a new case was announced. There had been no increase since 18 May 20 days before.[241]
Goodman Fielder Pampas	West Footscray	Victoria	13	14 July 2020[26]	20 July 2020[242]
Bluebird Early Education	South Morang	Victoria	13	9 August 2020[143]	9 August 2020[143]
Liverpool private clinic cluster	Liverpool	New South Wales	13	9 October 2020[243]	22 October 2020[244]
Downer Community Centre	Downer	Australian Capital Territory	13	8 August 2021[153]	26 August 2021[123]
Deer Park gathering	Deer Park	Victoria	12	4 July 2020[11]	4 July 2020[11]
Western Health	Unspecified	Victoria	12	17 July 2020[68]	17 July 2020[68]
The Alfred Hospital second outbreak	Melbourne	Victoria	12	19 September 2020[245]	3 October 2020[246]
Princess Alexandra Hospital nurse cluster / Byron Bay Hen's Party	Woolloongabba / Byron Bay	Queensland / New South Wales	12	30 March 2021[247]	1 April 2021[248]	This cluster is believed to not be connected to the other ongoing cluster at the same hospital. This cluster is also linked to a Hen's Party held in Byron Bay, New South Wales.
Southbank outbreak	Southbank	Victoria	12	21 June 2021[249]	26 June 2021[250]
Crossways Hotel	Strathfield South	New South Wales	12	30 June 2021[165]	2 July 2021[166]
St Patricks Primary School	Murrumbeena	Victoria	12	21 July 2021[251]	28 July 2021[104]	Additional cases reported in daily updates.[105][109][110]
KFC, Punchbowl	Punchbowl	New South Wales	12	27 July 2021[252]	6 August 2021[252]
MV Stolt Sakura	Fremantle Port	Western Australia	12	3 October 2021[253]	4 October 2021[254]
My Moovers call centre	Docklands	Victoria	11	31 July 2020[97]	31 July 2020[97]
Batemans Bay Soldiers Club	Batemans Bay	New South Wales	11	19 July 2020[255]	12 August 2020[67]
Allied Pinnacle Bakery	Altona North	Victoria	11	8 August 2020[147]	16 August 2020[58]
Estia Health Aged Care, Glen Waverley	Glen Waverley	Victoria	11	8 September 2020[15]	14 September 2020[15]
Menarock Life Aged Care McGregor Gardens	Pakenham	Victoria	11	8 September 2020[15]	8 September 2020[15]
Inner West / Croydon cluster	Croydon	New South Wales	11	30 December 2020[256]	8 January 2021[257]
Arcare Aged Care, Maidstone second outbreak	Maidstone	Victoria	11	30 May 2021[15]	13 June 2021[258]
SummitCare, Baulkham Hills	Baulkham Hills	New South Wales	11	4 July 2021[170]	8 July 2021[259]
Bright Bees Early Learning	Nicholls	Australian Capital Territory	11	8 August 2021[260]	26 August 2021[123]
Aviation trainer cluster	Eatons Hill	Queensland	11	28 September 2021[261]	5 October 2021[262]	First case detected was an Eatons Hill resident who works in an aviation training facility. Additional cases reported in the media.[263][264][265][266]
Aitken Hill Primary	Craigieburn	Victoria	10	29 June 2020[23]	7 July 2020[267]
StarTrack	Laverton	Victoria	10	25 July 2020[120]	25 July 2020[120]
Don KR Castlemaine	Castlemaine	Victoria	10	24 July 2020[53]	28 July 2020[268]
Aruma Disability Services	Pascoe Vale	Victoria	10	28 July 2020[268]	28 July 2020[268]
Rathdowne Place Aged Care	Carlton	Victoria	10	8 September 2020[15]	14 September 2020[15]
Hoxton Park cluster	Hoxton Park	New South Wales	10	31 October 2020[269]	4 November 2020[270]
BBC California Vessel	Fremantle Port	Western Australia	10	19 July 2021[271]	20 July 2021[272]
Nepean Mental Health Centre	Kingswood	New South Wales	10	12 August 2021[273]	12 August 2021[273]
Cenvic Construction Riverina Apartments	Footscray	Victoria	9	11 July 2020[27]	14 July 2020[26]
Melbourne City Mission, Albion	Albion	Victoria	9	21 July 2020[20]	21 July 2020[20]
AMSSA	North Melbourne	Victoria	9	24 July 2020[53]	24 July 2020[53]
Blackwoods	Scoresby	Victoria	9	29 July 2020[65]	29 July 2020[65]
Maculata Place Shepparton Village Aged Care	Shepparton	Victoria	9	8 September 2020[15]	8 September 2020[15]
Eastern Suburbs Legion Club	Waverley	New South Wales	9	17 September 2020[188]	17 September 2020[188]
South Eastern community outbreak	South Eastern Melbourne suburbs	Victoria	9	13 October 2020[274]	14 October 2020[275]
Bondi Junction apartment block outbreak	Bondi Junction	New South Wales	9	10 July 2021[276]	13 July 2021[277]
Fairfield Hospital Royal North Shore Hospital	Prairiewood St Leonards	New South Wales	9	1 July 2021[278]	2 July 2021[166]	A student nurse worked while infectious from 24 to 28 June.
MV Darya Krishna	Fremantle Port	Western Australia	9	26 July 2021[279]	29 July 2021[280]
Hugo Boss store	Collins Street, Melbourne	Victoria	8	30 June 2020[281]	9 July 2020[90]
Marley Spoon packaging and distribution facility	Altona North	Victoria	8	10 August 2020[171]	10 August 2020[171]
Assisi Centre Aged Care	Rosanna	Victoria	8	8 September 2020[15]	14 September 2020[15]
Villa Maria Catholic Homes Aged Care Residence, Berwick	Berwick	Victoria	8	8 September 2020[15]	8 September 2020[15]
James Barker House Aged Care	Footscray	Victoria	8	2 August 2020[154]	8 September 2020[15]
Springvale shared accommodation	Springvale	Victoria	8	25 September 2020[36]	2 October 2020[282]
Princess Alexandra Hospital doctor cluster	Woolloongabba	Queensland	8	26 March 2021[283]	1 April 2021[248]	The first case of this cluster was detected on 12 March, with the second case of this cluster being detected 13 days later on 25 March through genomic testing.
Phillip Island cluster	Phillip Island	Victoria	8	18 July 2021[103]	23 July 2021[104]	Additional case reported on 23 July.[105]
Moonee Valley Racecourse testing site	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	8	28 July 2021[110]	5 August 2021[57]	Additional cases reported in daily updates and in the media.[284][183][207][57]
City of Maribyrnong outbreak	City of Maribyrnong	Victoria	8	5 August 2021[57]	7 August 2021[78]	Additional cases reported in daily updates.[285][78]
Mount Alexander College	Flemington	Victoria	8	10 August 2021[127]	11 August 2021[128]
Lygon Street Housing Tower outbreak	Carlton	Victoria	8	16 August 2021[131]	20 August 2021[199]	Additional cases reported in daily updates.[132][133][64]
Catch.com Distribution Centre	Truganina	Victoria	7	9 July 2020[90]	11 July 2020[27]
Fresh Plus	Craigieburn	Victoria	7	26 July 2020[75]	26 July 2020[75]
2nd JBS abattoir outbreak	Brooklyn	Victoria	7	9 August 2020[143]	9 August 2020[143]
Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta	Parramatta	New South Wales	7	14 August 2020[286]	25 August 2020[287]
BlueCross Aged Care, Ivanhoe	Ivanhoe	Victoria	7	8 September 2020[15]	14 September 2020[15]
Arcare Aged Care, Burnside	Burnside	Victoria	7	8 September 2020[15]	8 September 2020[15]
Bupa Aged Care, Woodend	Woodend	Victoria	7	14 September 2020[15]	14 September 2020[15]
Ariele Apartments outbreak	Maribyrnong	Victoria	7	15 July 2021[204]	15 July 2021[204]
Central Park Pizza	Malvern East	Victoria	7	19 August 2021[133]	20 August 2021[64]
Belconnen Basketball Stadium	Belconnen	Australian Capital Territory	7	17 August 2021[288]	26 August 2021[123]
Opal Aged Care, Bankstown	Bankstown	New South Wales	6	25 March 2020	15 April 2020
HWL Ebsworth Lawyers	Melbourne	Victoria	6	16 July 2020[224]	16 July 2020[224]
Warringal Hospital	Heidelberg	Victoria	6	18 July 2020[63]	19 July 2020[81]
Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre	Malmsbury	Victoria	6	24 July 2020[53]	24 July 2020[53]
Parkville Youth Justice	Parkville	Victoria	6	27 July 2020[289]	27 July 2020[289]
Centrelink office	Epping	Victoria	6	31 July 2020[97]	31 July 2020[97]
Capral Aluminium	Campbellfield	Victoria	6	31 July 2020[97]	31 July 2020[97]
Aurrum Aged Care, Reservoir	Reservoir	Victoria	6	8 September 2020[15]	8 September 2020[15]
Electra Park Medical Centre	Ashwood	Victoria	6	4 October 2020[290]	4 October 2020[290]
Oddfellows Café	Kilmore	Victoria	6	9 October 2020[291]	10 October 2020[292]
Hotel Grand Chancellor	Spring Hill	Queensland	6	11 January 2021[293]	13 January 2021[294]	Hotel used for mandatory quarantining of returning travellers. These cases are infected with the Variant of Concern 202012/01 from the United Kingdom and have spread to a cleaner from the hotel (and her partner) and another pair of returning travellers in the same hotel.
BlueCross Chelsea Manor	Chelsea	Victoria	6	8 September 2020[15]	8 September 2020[15]
Mercy Place Aged Care, Werribee	Werribee	Victoria	6	8 September 2020[15]	8 September 2020[15]	1 death has been associated with this cluster.
Northern suburbs cluster	Perth	Western Australia	6	27 June 2021[295]	4 July 2021[296]
Optus head office	Melbourne	Victoria	5	4 July 2020[11]	4 July 2020[11]
Sunshine Hospital, Western Health first outbreak	St Albans	Victoria	5	18 May 2020[241]	9 July 2020[90]
Croydon Family Practice	Croydon	Victoria	5	13 June 2020[221]	18 June 2020[297]
Debney Meadows Primary School	Flemington	Victoria	5	4 July 2020[11]	11 July 2020[27]
Steel Mains	Somerton	Victoria	5	15 July 2020[18]	15 July 2020[18]
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries	Dandenong South	Victoria	5	19 July 2020[81]	20 July 2020[242]
KFC, Truganina	Truganina	Victoria	5	25 July 2020[120]	25 July 2020[120]
Probe Group	Melbourne	Victoria	5	25 July 2020[120]	25 July 2020[120]
Laverton Cold Storage	Truganina	Victoria	5	28 July 2020[268]	28 July 2020[268]
Victoria Police sites	Docklands	Victoria	5	31 July 2020[97]	31 July 2020[97]
Thebarton Senior College	Torrensville	South Australia	5	6 August 2020[298]	6 August 2020[298]
Chopstix Asian Cuisine, Smithfield RSL	Smithfield	New South Wales	5	17 August 2020[299]	17 August 2020[299]
Doutta Galla Lynch's Bridge	Kensington	Victoria	5	8 September 2020[15]	8 September 2020[15]
Bupa Aged Care, Sunshine	Sunshine	Victoria	5	8 September 2020[15]	8 September 2020[15]
Bill Crawford Lodge	Ballarat Central	Victoria	5	8 September 2020[15]	8 September 2020[15]
Estia Health Aged Care, Keilor first outbreak	Keilor	Victoria	5	8 September 2020[15]	16 September 2020[15]
Little Sisters of the Poor	Northcote	Victoria	5	8 September 2020[15]	16 September 2020[15]
Regis Aged Care, Fawkner	Fawkner	Victoria	5	8 September 2020[15]	14 September 2020[15]	1 death has been associated with this cluster.
Uniting AgeWell, Preston	Preston	Victoria	5	11 October 2020[300]	15 October 2020[301]
Zeus Street restaurant cluster	Chermside	Queensland	5	3 July 2021[302]	7 July 2021[302]	Originating from a Prince Charles Hospital worker in the second of two outbreaks at the hospital in the late June/early July 2021 period.[302]
Mildura outbreak	Mildura	Victoria	5	18 July 2021[103]	28 July 2021[104]	Additional case reported on 28 July.[110]
West Gate Tunnel workplace outbreak	West Gate Tunnel	Victoria	4	21 July 2021[251]	25 July 2021[107]	Additional cases reported in daily updates.[105][107]
Camberwell Grammar School	Camberwell	Victoria	4	20 June 2020[228]	6 July 2020[31]
Woolworths Online Fulfillment Centre	Footscray	Victoria	4	6 July 2020[31]	8 July 2020[69]
Waste Equipment and Hiab Services	Ardeer	Victoria	4	15 July 2020[18]	15 July 2020[18]
TD Cabinets	Dandenong South	Victoria	4	15 July 2020[18]	15 July 2020[18]
Nestlé, Campbellfield	Campbellfield	Victoria	4	20 July 2020[242]	20 July 2020[242]
Royal Children's Hospital	Parkville	Victoria	4	27 July 2020[289]	27 July 2020[289]
Eastern Health	Unspecified	Victoria	4	7 August 2020[303]	7 August 2020[303]
Knox International	Brooklyn	Victoria	4	9 August 2020[143]	9 August 2020[143]
PGG Wrightson Seeds	Truganina	Victoria	4	9 August 2020[143]	9 August 2020[143]
Elwood community	Elwood	Victoria	4	15 October 2020[301]	15 October 2020[301]
Hoppers Crossing community outbreak	Hoppers Crossing	Victoria	4	19 October 2020[124]	19 October 2020[124]
Christo's Pizzeria	Paddington	New South Wales	4	24 June 2021[233]	30 June 2021[165]
South Coogee Public School	South Coogee	New South Wales	4	28 June 2021[304]	28 June 2021[304]
Beenleigh cluster	Beenleigh	Queensland	4	2 September 2021[305]	9 September 2021[306]	Outbreak initiated by an infected truck driver returning from NSW. Additional cases reported in the media.[307][308]
Goondiwindi cluster	Goondiwindi	Queensland	4	4 November 2021[309]	6 November 2021[310]	Cluster is linked to a known cluster in Moree, in northern NSW.
Katherine outbreak, initial cluster	Katherine	Northern Territory	4	4 November 2021[311]	9 November 2021[312]	The cluster represents Northern Territory's first confirmed case of community transmission. The cluster is genomically linked to the wider Northern Territory outbreak that was first detected on November 15.[313][314]
Hampstead Dental	Maidstone	Victoria	3	20 June 2020[228]	24 June 2020[214]
Springside Primary School	Caroline Springs	Victoria	3	20 June 2020[228]	2 July 2020[315]
Orygen Youth Health facility	Footscray	Victoria	3	26 June 2020[316]	3 July 2020[13]
Villa Bambini	Essendon	Victoria	3	2 July 2020[315]	3 July 2020[13]
PM Fresh facility	Broadmeadows	Victoria	3	8 July 2020[69]	11 July 2020[27]
Ilim College	Dallas	Victoria	3	11 July 2020[27]	11 July 2020[27]
Bell Collision Repair Centre	Preston	Victoria	3	15 July 2020[18]	15 July 2020[18]
Dairy Country	Tullamarine	Victoria	3	19 July 2020[81]	19 July 2020[81]
Sims Metal Management	Brooklyn	Victoria	3	24 July 2020[53]	24 July 2020[53]
Base Backpackers	St Kilda	Victoria	3	26 July 2020[75]	26 July 2020[75]
Impact English College	Melbourne	Victoria	3	24 July 2020[53]	26 July 2020[75]
Staines Memorial College	Redback Plains	Queensland	3	1 September 2020[317]	2 September 2020[318]
Sunshine Hospital, Western Health second outbreak	St Albans	Victoria	3	3 October 2020[246]	3 October 2020[246]
iMedic iCare Medical Center	Fairfield	New South Wales	3	12 July 2021[102]	12 July 2021[102]
Keilor Downs Secondary College	Keilor Downs	Victoria	2	21 June 2020[29]	24 June 2020[214]
Ascot Vale Primary School	Ascot Vale	Victoria	2	28 June 2020[319]	4 July 2020[11]
StarTrack facility	Tullamarine	Victoria	2	30 June 2020[281]	30 June 2020[281]
Moreland Primary School	Coburg	Victoria	2	30 June 2020[281]	30 June 2020[281]
Maple Early Learning Centre	Mernda	Victoria	2	1 July 2020[320]	1 July 2020[320]
Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital	St Albans	Victoria	2	1 July 2020[320]	5 July 2020[321]
Preston Market	Preston	Victoria	2	4 July 2020[11]	4 July 2020[11]
Box Hill Hospital first outbreak	Box Hill	Victoria	2	12 July 2020[91]	12 July 2020[91]
Mercy Hospital for Women	Heidelberg	Victoria	2	17 July 2020[68]	17 July 2020[68]
Kmart, Endeavour Hills	Endeavour Hills	Victoria	2	17 July 2020[68]	17 July 2020[68]
Serco, Box Hill	Box Hill	Victoria	2	18 July 2020[63]	18 July 2020[63]
Grand Chancellor Hotel	Melbourne	Victoria	2	25 July 2020[120]	25 July 2020[120]
D'Orsogna Meats	Mickleham	Victoria	2	25 July 2020[120]	25 July 2020[120]
Uniting AgeWell, Kingsville	Kingsville	Victoria	2	1 August 2020[51]	1 August 2020[51]
Polytrade Recycling	Dandenong South	Victoria	2	7 August 2020[303]	7 August 2020[303]
Ballarat Health Services	Ballarat	Victoria	2	8 August 2020[147]	8 August 2020[147]
Ambassador Hotel	Frankston	Victoria	2	8 August 2020[147]	8 August 2020[147]
Dooleys Lidcombe Catholic Club	Lidcombe	New South Wales	2	14 August 2020[286]	14 August 2020[286]
Prince Charles Hospital	Chermside	Queensland	2	29 June 2021[322]	1 July 2021[322]	First of two Prince Charles Hospital outbreaks detected in the late June/early July 2021 period.[302]
Brisbane International Airport outbreak	Brisbane Airport	Queensland	2	1 July 2021[322]	2 July 2021[302]
Commonwealth Bank, Roselands Shopping Centre	Roselands	New South Wales	2	7 July 2021[16]	7 July 2021[16]
Canberra Institute of Technology	Reid	Australian Capital Territory	2	9 August 2021[153]	26 August 2021[123]
Gold Creek School	Nicholls	Australian Capital Territory	2	10 August 2021[153]	26 August 2021[123]

See also

• COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019)
• COVID-19 pandemic
• COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
• COVID-19 pandemic in Australia (timeline)
• COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
• Biosecurity in Australia
• National Cabinet of Australia
• National COVID-19 Coordination Commission
• National Security Committee (Australia)
• Coronavirus Australia
• Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic#Australia

Notes

1. This is the combined figure for both outbreaks. The North Melbourne and Flemington clusters were last reported with separate figures on 5 July.
2. NSW Health ceased reporting the number of cases directly linked to the Bondi index case on 10 July.
3. The Victorian Government ceased providing a separate breakdown of this cluster on 4 September.
4. Case numbers are based on the peak of active cases as daily reporting did not always provide a cluster breakdown. As a result, the total number of cases in this cluster may be higher.
5. May be understated due to incomplete reporting on 22 August.
6. Case numbers may be underestimated as NSW Health do not provide regular updates of case numbers for this outbreak.